French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to non-contentious matters.
Article 28
The judge may rule without debate.
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The judge may rule without debate.
Persons who are heard as witnesses take an oath to tell the truth. The judge reminds them that they incur fines and imprisonment in the event of false testimony. Persons who are heard without taking a…
Defaulting witnesses may be summoned at their own expense if their hearing is deemed necessary. Defaulting witnesses and those who, without a legitimate reason, refuse to give evidence or take the oat…
The judge may rehear the witnesses, confront them with each other or with the parties; where appropriate, he or she will conduct the hearing in the presence of a technician.
Unless they have been permitted or directed to withdraw after giving evidence, witnesses shall remain at the disposal of the judge until the close of the enquiry or the hearing. They may, until that t…
The judge is not required to use an interpreter where he knows the language in which the parties are speaking.
The judge rules on non-contentious matters when, in the absence of litigation, he is seized of a claim which the law requires, by reason of the nature of the case or the status of the claimant, to be…
Everyone may be heard as a witness, with the exception of persons who are incapacitated from giving evidence in court. Persons who are unable to give evidence may, however, be heard under the same con…
Witnesses cannot read any drafts.
The judge shall authorize the witness, at his request, to receive any compensation to which he may be entitled.
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